By Haaretz— Israel attacked dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in what the military said was the most extensive strike in the neighboring country in decades. The strike was carried out in response to a barrage of 20 rockets that were fired from Syria at Israeli military outposts. The Israeli military accused the Revolutionary Guards’…
By Emmie Goodenough, Breaking Christian News— On Monday night, the Knesset plenum passed the first reading of the proposed “Nationality Law,” which seeks to canonize “Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People.” Sixty-four Knesset members voted in favor of the law, and 50 parliamentarians opposed. In addition, the law would enshrine the state’s…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— David Nekrutman became the first Orthodox Jew to graduate from Oral Roberts University with a Masters Degree in Christian Studies. His studies gave him the tools to create better understanding between Jews and Christians in order to bring the two religions closer in an unprecedented manner. “If Am…
By Yochanan Visser, Israel Today— In the run-up to the US Embassy move to Jerusalem, Turkey, together with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, is pumping a quarter of a billion dollars into the Islamification of the city, according to Israel’s Hadashot News (formerly Channel 2 News). The Wakf, the Muslim custodian of the Islamic…
Our weekly Torah portion covers Leviticus 25: 1 to 27:34. Before the Jews enter the Holy Land, they are instructed how to care for the covenanted land and build a productive, but just, society. The text introduces the law of sevens in the annual cycle. When their period of wandering is over and they enter…
Torah: Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2, “Behar” (on the mountain … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 32:6 – 27 New Testament: Acts 1:4 – 11 Gospel: Luke 4:16 – 21, “Gudal” ( His custom … )